Why Can't I Say…?
Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon, or, the rights to it, anyway
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It was just a stupid apple.
Nami repeated that sentence over and over again in her mind. She stared down at the bright red fruit that she had yet to let out of her hands since it was placed there. But still, she couldn't let it go…
Standing there on the bridge, she cursed her foolishness, but could not stop her thoughts from wandering back to the event that had occurred only a few moments ago on this very bridge that stood over the river.
Gustafa-that strange musician who lived in a yurt down by the beach-had been standing there too, gazing out at the water. He had commented on the niceness of the weather, a subject she found to be of little importance and quickly disregarded with a cold comment, but felt her face reddening for some reason.
And of course, he had chosen that moment to turn and look at her. He noticed the color of her cheeks and asked if she was feeling sick. She had become all flustered and yelled at him, accusing him of being pushy.
As always, he did not seem to be offended by her harshness. Instead, he had kept asking her if she were feeling ill. He seemed to be genuinely worried about her, and that only made her more flustered.
Finally, she told him she was going home and started to walk away. At the sound of him calling her name, she had stopped and turned back. He told her to take care of herself and gave her and apple, then left.
She had wanted to thank him for caring, but the words would not come. As he walked away, she could not stop a small smile from appearing on her usually serious face.
The same smile graced her lips now, as she pressed the cool red skin of the apple to her cheek. It was just a stupid apple, but it was her stupid apple…and proof that at least there was one person who was stupid enough to care to give it to her.
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There you go-please read and review! I plan to make this an on-going story if I get enough positive feedback. Feel free to even make suggestions about things you wanted to see happen between Gustafa and Nami that never happened in the game, like a date, or whatever.